“I came here this morning because, frankly, I did not believe you”
, launched
Frédéric Beigbeder
this Friday on CNews.
Invited by Pascal Praud in his morning show
"L'heure des Pros"
, the writer returned to the notion of wokism which he perceived as
"a fantasy of CNews and
Valeurs Actuelles
"
.
Since the beginning of April, the author of
Confessions of a slightly overwhelmed heterosexual
, has been singled out for this work in which he evokes the relationships between men and women.
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A controversial book, some passages of which have earned him a large number of critics.
We can read, for example, statements such as:
"Men do not attack women, only because the fear of prison holds them back"
, or
"When a man does not touch you, it is only because the law forbids it”.
Comparison to Emmanuel Macron
Faced with Pascal Praud, Frédéric Beigbeder claimed to discover
“the truth”
.
The one in which he is confronted
"to violent militants who want to censor his book, threaten him and insult him."
.
Remarks supported by a list of examples such as that of a Bordeaux bookseller to which he had to go under police escort, on April 26.
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The author also mentioned that of a Parisian bookstore which would have canceled its signing session.
Situations that led him to compare himself to the President of the Republic.
“You can't blame people for being scared and having their business ransacked.
Emmanuel Macron and I find it difficult to go to the French”
, he explained.
“They do not want conversations on a subject that is nevertheless important,”
he assured before making his mea culpa.
"I was wrong to believe you were imagining something unreal,"
he concluded.
Listening, the presenter of “L’heure des pros” insisted on the fact that CNews
“did not speak only of wokism, even if the chain was caricatured to make believe it”.
At the start of the program, Pascal Praud praised his guest, considering him
"one of the most brilliant and talented minds of his generation"
, before warning him.
“Today, you have to defend yourself, you are in danger”
, he alerted his guest.
